This lecture discussed the use of images in journalism today and how this use of images to aid text developed. On of the topic that was brought up was today's use of Photoshop and the manipulation of images.*Word to add to mental dictionary: Fauxtography (digital manipulation).
World English Dictionary
| 1. Photoshop | |
| — vb , -shops , -shopping , -shopped | |
| ( tr ) to alter (a digital photograph or other image), using animage editing application, especially Adobe Photoshop. Urban Dictionary 2. Photoshop Something used to make ugly people average looking. Girl: Oh my god! I just photo shopped my acne - now random strangers online will think I'm pretty.  I wonder how Adobe feels about that - their program becoming a verb (photo shopped)? What does this say about our society? When beauty is no longer natural, but instead a 'photoshopped' image. Are pictures still worth a thousand words if the visual story is being digitally manipulated? This distorted sense of 'beauty' is something that, even from a very young age, has always held it's very own chip of my shoulder. Growing up with so many of my friends developing eating disorders in such a conformist manner, was somewhat disheartening and a struggle no teenager should have to face, to say the least. It is not what we have that empowers or destroys us, it is how we use it - so why are so many of us belittling ourself (and those around us) by conforming to the social perceptions of 'beauty'. | |
We then went on to discuss what makes a great photo - which linked so closely to my COMU1999 lessons - how handy! Tips that were discussed in the lecture:
- Framing
- Focus
- Angle and Point of View (POV)
- Exposure (Lighting)
- Timing (Shutter speed)
- Capturing the moment
"A picture has no meaning at all if it can't tell a story."
Eetu Silanpaa
Eetu Silanpaa
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